Zachary Bliss
Providing Advice on Environmental, Regulatory and Indigenous Law
Zachary Bliss has a Bachelor of Commerce (2015) from MacEwan University and a Juris Doctor (2021) from the University of Alberta. He is Métis from Northern Alberta and has lived in Edmonton since 2014.
Zach was called to the Alberta bar in 2022 and was admitted to the Nunavut Bar in 2025. He has experience with professional regulatory, administrative, Indigenous law and environmental law. While at the University of Alberta, he co-authored a paper in the Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy with Professor Cameron Jefferies and two other colleagues and placed second in the Canadian Client Consultation Competition.
Prior to completing his law degree, Zach worked as an Indigenous Intern for the Government of Alberta where he worked on creating the Indigenous Cultural Understanding Framework for Children’s Services and delivered the KAIROS Blanket Exercise to over 500 Government of Alberta employees and stakeholders. He was also fortunate to be able to work with the team that engaged with 60’s Scoop Survivors across the province to help inform the Premier’s apology.
Selected Work Experience:
Field LLP, Edmonton - Worked as an Articling Student and Associate with this regional firm with a focus on insurance, labour and employment, and regulatory law from 2022 to 2024
Government of Alberta, Ministry of Children’s Services, Edmonton - Worked as a Cultural Education Intern where he delivered the KAIROS Blanket Exercise to Government of Alberta employees and external stakeholders and consulted with 60’s Scoop Survivors across Alberta to inform the Premier’s apology. Worked in this capacity from 2017 to 2018
Selected Volunteer Experience:
Pro Bono Law Alberta – King’s Bench Amicus Program March 2023 – February 2024
Pro Bono Students Canada – Civil Claims Duty Counsel September 2018 – June 2019
Selected Publications:
June 2021, Legal Options (and Obligations?) for Enhanced Canada-United States Cooperative Southern Resident Killer Whale Conservation, Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy, Volume 24, Issue 2 pages 57-104, co-author with Cameron S.G. Jefferies, David Adie, & Sarah Kent